(Let’s now point out that the 2015 Beach House releases were the third
and fourth Beach House full lengths on Sub Pop. The first and second
were Teen Dream
(first) and
Bloom
(second). They
even put out some records prior to joining forces with Sub Pop.)

Alex brings up Steely Dan in the show. I (Stuart) am an unashamed,
unabashed Steely Dan fan. Consequently, let’s take this opportunity to
expose our listeners/readers to a little Steely Dan. Here hear the
story behind the song “Peg” from the album Aja, including the famous
story of its famous guitar solo.

There is an underlying current of Keanu Reeves in this episode’s
commerce piece… Why is that? Could it be that Jason and Arwen are
both huge Point Break
fans? I don’t know for sure, but if I had to guess I’d say, “Yes.”

(Okay, I need to take a pause from this pause for a moment. I just
this minute learned that 1991’s Point Break was REMADE in
2015. Is there
nothing the movie industry won’t remake?

The film received negative reviews from critics…

…and grossed $133 million from a $105 million budget..

I guess if you can make a few million, may as well remake. Moving on…)

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Since it got mentioned, and it relates to Point Break, and I (like
Alissa) hadn’t heard of it before, here
is a little info
on the movie entitled John
Wick. Arwen would prefer if you didn’t take her word for it that it’s
“worth it.”

Guest #2

Next up in the show we have one of the pillars of the label’s early
years, Tad Doyle of the band TAD.
(Yes, the man’s name is “Tad” and his band’s name is “TAD”. That’s a
real thing.)

Sub Pop is deluxely
reissuing
the
threeTADLPs
we originally issued from 1989 to 1991. If you buy all three
together from
the Sub Pop Mega Mart, you will get a bonus 4th LP comprised of 7” songs,
compilation tracks, unreleased songs and who knows what else! That all
comes out on Friday, November 4, 2016, so GET
IT. Not to toot our horn, and no offense
to anyone else in the universe ever, but these are the nicest reissues
we’ve ever done.

If you want to hear & see a taste of the aforementioned
TAD albums, I present you
with…

Arwen mentioned Greg Dulli (The Afghan
Whigs, The Twilight
Singers) and Tad
appearing on MTV’s The Real World, somehow related to Sub Pop’s
10th anniversary, which makes since since the first time The Real World
was in Seattle it was
1998, which is
exactly 10 years after 1988. Anyway! Here is that video, and when I
say “video” I mean VHS videotape. Check out this quality! (Maybe you
need to adjust the tracking, eh? Eh?)

Tad on MTV’s Real World with Greg Dulli from Sub Pop’s 10th anniversary.